Below is a letter from GSTA President John Glass outlining the associations

     actions with this Legislation!

Dear Member and New Jersey Towing Company Owner,

The association has not wavered in its efforts to fight the effects S-2759 will have on our industry. In addition to interviewing Attorneys and Lobbyist Groups we’ve been in contact with the Division of Consumer Affairs, the Governor’s office and the League of Municipalities.

With all the information we’ve obtained we’ve determined that actively pursuing a Lawsuit is not the direction to go at this time. With the advice from GSTA Attorney Bob Martin and TRAA Attorney Pete O’Connell we’ve been pursuing a Lobbying firm that has expertise in “regulatory lobbying”. This enables us to try to work with the Legislators and government agencies in an effort to modify the language of the Law that has the most detrimental affect on our industry.

If we’re able to successfully work within the regulatory process by introducing and passing Corrective Legislation, a costly lawsuit in Federal court may not be necessary. The meeting we have scheduled for January 24^th with a counsel to Governor Corzine will give us the answers to many questions and will be pertinent to what direction we’ll need to pursue next.

I’ve also included the correspondence the League of Municipalities has had with their Municipal Officers and the Division of Consumer Affairs. The concern of how the Law will affect existing Municipal ordinances and contracts is laid out in these documents. Basically it says that there will be no changes until October 18, 2008; however after that date the DCA will set the fees and will include ALL towing services allowed to be charged based on what is submitted to them at the time of registration.

That’s where your Executive Board is currently on the issue of pursuing the affects of the “Predatory Towing Prevention Act S-2759”. I’d like to take some time to address you, the member and what you can do to help the association successfully defeat this issue and the adverse affect it could possibly have on the way our industry currently conducts business. You, as a business owner and GSTA member need to:

• Actively “get involved” with your association. We can’t do it alone, we need your “informed involvement”. We realize you’re all very busy, but this Legislation is important to the future of your business. Becoming informed and involved is imperative to a faster and more successful resolution.

• Familiarize yourself with every aspect of this Legislation. Read the faxes we send out, review the web sites, read the Law, question your local municipal officers and come to the meeting with questions, advice and comments.

• Contact every towing company owner you know. Whether they’re members of GSTA or not, they will be affected by this legislation. They will be held to the same regulations as you are, if they’re not aware of what’s going on, their responses to the DCA will affect your bottom line.

• Make a monetary contribution to the Legal/Legislative Fund. Any type of action by the association on this legislation is going to cost money. Your membership dues and any small fund raisers we do throughout the year cover the cost of the associations operations only. There isn’t enough money to cover legal costs; especially of this magnitude. If you were to pursue the expenses of fighting this legislation on your own it would cost you thousands of dollars and still the affect of ONE Towing Company would be miniscule compared to the affects of hundreds of companies working together. We need your monetary support to hire the lobbyists and or attorneys that it’ll take to successfully overhaul or abolish this Legislation.

You can rest assured your association will NOT let this issue rest. The entire Executive Board and I are relentlessly committed to pursue this issue regardless of the cost in time, effort and money. Every day either I or another Board member is on the phone talking to someone that can help us affect the necessary changes to ensure this Law will have no adverse affect on our industry and the way we currently conduct business. If you haven’t heard anything from us, check your faxes or call the GSTA office for an update. Fighting Legislation is a long and tedious process; it’s never a simple overnight resolution. It takes time, effort, patience and a strong commitment and we are that involved and determined.

In closing I’d like to thank all of you for taking the time to read this letter and getting involved with this effort. As the owner of a Towing Company myself I know the possible affects this could have on the way we do business. Please don’t hesitate to contact me or any member of the Executive Board if you have questions or concerns or if there is anything we can do for you.

Sincerely,

John Glass

John Glass, GSTA President

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

MARCH 25TH, 2008

CROWNE PLAZA in JAMESBURG

GSTA Associate Member Ron Raslowsky from National Safety Compliance will present a seminar on: CSA-2010

FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ANALYSIS 2010

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2008 FMCSA has begun the new CSA 2010 in 4 states, Colorado, Georgia, Missouri, and New Jersey. The greatest impact to you is that every law enforcement officer, through their onboard vehicle computers, will be able to determine whether you are within compliance and if you are not – you will be pulled over and inspected! Something you don’t need.

In order to ensure that you are prepared for this initiative, we’re offering this seminar to our members whose business operations will be affected by

• §        CSA 2010

• §        Unified Carrier Registration

• §        PRISM Performance and Registration Information Systems Management

You will leave with a comprehensive knowledge of how these changes relate to one another and how they’ll affect you and your business. Other subject matters will include

·        Pre-trip inspections which will be very important to this initiative

·        The new drug testing regulations.

This is going to be a very important and very informative meeting! We’re fortunate to have Ron speak to our members on this new federal initiative. You don’t want to miss the opportunity to know how this will affect your business and what you need to be compliant with the FMCSA.

As always we NEED TO KNOW how many will be attending in order to prepare the room size and ensure enough food for everyone. PLEASE complete and return the attached form no later than March 24^th by 6pm. At the end of the meeting John Glass will discuss any updates on the Predatory Towing Prevention Law (S2759).

It will be a dinner meeting; cost is $35 for Members $45 for Non-Members